The Functions of the Orgasms: The Highways to Transcendence
'Fetus ejection reflex', 'milk ejection reflex', 'Sperm ejection reflex', 'Orgasmogenic cocktail'... These are examples of terms used by Michel Odent in his study of the ecstatic/orgasmic states associated with different episodes of human sexual life.\ This book about male and female orgasms is an opportunity to convince anyone that humanity is at a turning point. Due to the improved technique of medically assisted conceptions and pharmacology, and the development of the food industry, women...
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This book about male and female orgasms is an opportunity to convince anyone that humanity is at a turning point. Due to the improved technique of medically assisted conceptions and cesareans, the advances in anesthesiology and pharmacology, and the development of the food industry, women can now conceive a baby, give birth and feed their infant without relying on the release of 'cocktails of love hormones'. Human intelligence and ingenuity have made love hormones redundant.
1 The Top of the Ladders 12 Exploring The Ultimate Steps of the Birth Ladder 6The emergence of new perspectives 7The fetus ejection reflex 8Climbing towards the ultimate steps 9A crucial moment 11A powerful hormonal flow 13The real climax 173 The Turning Point of The 1970S 20A personal turning point 20The socialization of childbirth 21When medical institution takes the control 25Scattered local initiatives 28The scientific context of the 1970s 304 Men Also Have Orgasms 33The road from simplicity towards complexity 34Introducing uni-orgasmic sex 35Sensations conveyed by genital nerves 37Messages conveyed by oxytocin 38Natural morphines 39The adrenaline family 41Messages conveyed by other informational substances 42In the age of brain imaging 435 From Gilgamesh to 21St Century Awareness 47Miraculously preserved documents 47Culturally controlled orgasmic states 49Emerging from a long tunnel 53Is falling in love really pathological? 546 The Milky Way 60The end of taboos 60Scientific interpretation of the 'milky way' 62Can the baby be ecstatic, even orgasmic? 65How cultural milieus interfere with the 'milky way' 65When medical institutions take control 707 The Unequally Equipped Sexes 74From physiology to mythology and proverbs 74The intimate links between oxytocin and female hormones 76The intimate link between vasopressin and male hormones 788 The Highways to Transcendence 80Escaping from space and time reality 81Transcendent emotional states 83Hard-wired emotional states 859 Bonobos, Dolphins and Humans 89Challenging common beliefs 89A new vision of humannature 9110 The Evolutionary Advantages of Orgasmophobia 96Shame, guilt, and fear 96Culturally controlled genital sexuality 99Culturally controlled childbirth 100Culturally controlled access to transcendence 10411 Legendary Orgasms 10612 The Future of Love: A Pessimistic Scenario 110A window 110Two sorts of births 11113 The Future of Love: Optimistic Scenarios 114Reasons for hope 114New criteria to evaluate the practices of obstetrics and midwifery 115Reversing the current cultural conditioning 123Meanwhile 126Epilogue: Wedding-Night Preparation 129References 131Index 145
